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Oilogic Essential Oil Care adds to line at CVS

Oilogic Essential Oil Care adds to line at CVS

Oilogic Essential Oil Care is expanding its lineup of essential oil remedies available at CVS Pharmacy. The company said Tuesday that, after starting out in baby care products, CVS Pharmacy will carry a range of Oilogic Essential Oil Roll-On products for adults and children this winter.

Rite Aid transfers more stores to WBA

Rite Aid transfers more stores to WBA

Rite Aid Corp. has transferred ownership of nearly a third of the stores sold to Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) under a $4.375 billion deal announced in September. Rite Aid said late Monday that WBA has taken ownership of 625 stores and related assets thus far, for which it has paid Rite Aid

Sanofi to acquire Bioverativ for $11.6 billion

Sanofi to acquire Bioverativ for $11.6 billion

Sanofi plans to buy biopharmaceutical company Bioverativ Inc. in a deal valued at $11.6 billion. Waltham, Mass.-based Bioverativ specializes in therapies for hemophilia and other rare blood disorders.

Amneal releases Entocort EC generic

Amneal releases Entocort EC generic

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has rolled out budesonide capsules 3 mg, a medication for Crohn’s disease. Amneal said its budesonide capsules are a generic version of Entocort EC from AstraZeneca plc. The generic product has begun shipping to wholesalers, distributors and direct to the trade, Amneal added.

Patients want pharmacies to go ‘beyond the fill’

Patients want pharmacies to go ‘beyond the fill’

Middle age and older Americans see their local pharmacy as a destination for preventive care and other health services, beyond filling prescriptions and managing medications, according to the Shortcut To Health survey by PrescribeWellness. The online survey of more than 1,000 U.S.

Target’s Brian Cornell becomes RILA chairman

Target’s Brian Cornell becomes RILA chairman

Target Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Brian Cornell has been elected as chairman of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). The association said Cornell was named RILA chairman yesterday at its board of directors’ semiannual meeting in Tucson, Ariz.

WBA hires new chief for Boots retail chain

WBA hires new chief for Boots retail chain

Sebastian James is joining Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) as senior vice president and as president and managing director of Boots, the company’s international pharmacy, health and beauty chain based in the United Kingdom.

C’est Moi beauty brand targets teens, tweens

C’est Moi beauty brand targets teens, tweens

A new beauty brand aimed at tweens and teens — two burgeoning groups of makeup consumers — is set to launch this weekend. Called C’est Moi, the startup —a division of JAKKS Pacific Inc. — will offer skin care and color cosmetics specifically for 8- to 16-year-old girls. The company said

Health systems to form generic drug company

Health systems to form generic drug company

Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension, SSM Health and Trinity Health, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — said the new company will make key generic medications more available and